The Son ( Le fils )

The Son (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Le fils
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
171 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Luc Dardenne

Written By:
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Luc Dardenne

Actors:
Olivier Gourmet ..... Olivier
Morgan Marinne ..... Francis
Isabella Soupart ..... Magali
Nassim Hassaïni ..... Omar
Kevin Leroy ..... Raoul
Félicien Pitsaer ..... Steve
Rémy Renaud ..... Philippo
Annette Closset ..... Training Center Director
Fabian Marnette ..... Rino
Pierre Nisse ..... Apprentice welder
Stephan Barbason ..... Apprentice welder
David Manna ..... Apprentice welder
Abdellah Amarjouf ..... Apprentice welder
Jimmy Deloof ..... Dany
Anne Gerard ..... Dany's Mother

Synopsis:

This intensely focused film from brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (LA PROMESSE, ROSETTA) follows Olivier (Olivier Gourmet), a man in mid-life working as a carpentry instructor in a blue collar French suburb. By day he teaches teenage boys how to work with wood. By night he leads a drab, solitary, routine existence. Olivier is a humble Everyman who could easily go unnoticed. However, the jarring sounds of his wood shop--sawing, hammering, slamming boards together--tell a different story, and set the tone for this simple but clearly dread-filled plotline. The camera violates Olivier with its constantly invasive, examining motion. It is behind his ears, up his nose, under his chin, and peering down the collar of his shirt. And as the film rolls, it becomes increasingly evident that Olivier is nervous, edgy, even seething about something deep inside. He develops a fascination with one of the boys in his class and nervously pursues the boy, offering him friendship and advice with a frightening lack of affection. Through forced spurts of dialogue and unexplained actions, Olivier's connection to the boy is slowly and painfully revealed. THE SON meditates on its own static tension, turning suspense into a gripping plotline all its own. Gourmet's performance is pointed and perfect, and it earned the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002.Olivier, a carpenter who teaches his craft to teenagers become obsessed with a new student, Francis. The reason for his obsession soon becomes apparent - Francis murdered Olivier's son many years earlier...

Olivier, a carpenter who teaches his craft to teenagers become obsessed with a new student, Francis. The reason for his obsession soon becomes apparent - Francis murdered Olivier's son many years earlier...

Olivier refuses to take Francis into his carpentry workshop, and seems strangely afraid of him for some reason...

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 04 November, 2009.

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